Banana Cake

By ldelmas

Ingredients

• 2 stk butter
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• 2 c sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 c milk
• 3 c flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp mexican vanilla
• SYRUP
• 2 1/2 c sugar
• 1 c water
• 1 lemon juiced
• 12 bananas sliced

Preparation

Step 1

Cake
Preheat over to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs and mix well.
Add milk and mix well.
Add flour and baking powder and mix well.
Add mexican vanilla and mix well.
Grease & flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
Cook for 30 to 35 minutes.
Cool on wire racks.
2Syrup
While cake is baking combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan.
Heat till syrupy and add lemon.Allow to cool.
Place one cake on cake plater and prick holes with a fork.
Place half of the sliced bananas on 1st layer & pour 1/2 of syrup over banan's and cake.
Place 2nd layer on top of 1st prick holes and layer banana's and use the last of syrup.
3Keep in the refridgerator. As it will last longer and stay moist.
Remember this recipe is over a 100 years old.Makes me wonder how they kept it fresh a 100 years ago.